Are We Safe? The Mags Say We Are!

26 February 2013 05:03

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This may take some believing, but . NewcastleUtd-Mad claims Sunderland will reach the 40pt safety mark . and Reading, Queens Park Rangers and ASTON VILLA will go down! Source - NU-MAD . CURRENT LEAGUE TABLE (all clubs have 11 games left)

Everyone is chasing the 40pt mark, but that doesn't always guarantee safety.

Glenn Roeder's West Ham went down with 42 in 2003; Bolton with 40 (1997); and the very first Premiership season Crystal Palace went down with 49 (but there were 22 clubs in the league that season).

But, for the sake of argument, if 40 is the cut of point, QPR haven't a hope in hell. 17pts from 27 games so far; they won't get 23pts in the final 11 games.

So QPR are down - period!

Newcastle need ten points, and no-one in their right mind is going to suggest we won't get them. From those fixtures we got 15pts from ten of the games last season, and obviously we didn't play West Ham, so that's at least five points to spare.

As for the rest, there are going to be some major 6-point key games. Those are highlighted in the fixtures.

Goal-difference will be major, and Sunderland's -7 is just as good as point, compared to Villa's -26 and Wigan's -18.